σορός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *tworHos, from Proto-Indo-European *twerH- (“to enclose”).[1] Cognate to Proto-Slavic *tvȏrъ (“creature”) and Proto-Slavic *tvoriti (“to make”).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

σορός • (sorós) f (genitive σοροῦ); second declension

  1. a vessel for holding human remains, specifically:
    1. urn for cremated remains
    2. coffin
  2. a nickname for an old man or woman

Declension
Second declension of ἡ σορός; τῆς σοροῦ (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ σορός
hē sorós		 τὼ σορώ
tṑ sorṓ		 αἱ σοροί
hai soroí
Genitive τῆς σοροῦ
tês soroû		 τοῖν σοροῖν
toîn soroîn		 τῶν σορῶν
tôn sorôn
Dative τῇ σορῷ
têi sorôi		 τοῖν σοροῖν
toîn soroîn		 ταῖς σοροῖς
taîs soroîs
Accusative τὴν σορόν
tḕn sorón		 τὼ σορώ
tṑ sorṓ		 τᾱ̀ς σορούς
tā̀s soroús
Vocative σορέ
soré		 σορώ
sorṓ		 σοροί
soroí
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading
  1. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 1373

Greek

Noun

σορός • (sorós) f (plural σοροί)

  1. corpse, cadaver, dead body
  2. coffin

Declension
declension of σορός
singular plural
nominative σορός • σοροί •
genitive σορού • σορών •
accusative σορό • σορούς •
vocative σορός • σοροί •

Synonyms
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